Now even Ubuntu are going the UMPC way with their "netbook" edition of Ubuntu !

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18597/1103/

Want a version of Linux for your Intel Atom powered “NetBook” – aka Asus Eee PC type subnotebook? Canonical hopes that Ubuntu Remix will fit the bill for OEMs – and presumably users, too - and has launched it at Computex in Taiwan.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18663/1141/1/1/

Canonical recently announced their development of Ubuntu Netbook Remix as covered by my colleague Alex Zaharov-Reutt. This is a special release of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) which is targeted at what they dub ‘netbooks.’

Until Canonical made their announcement there really was no Linux distro specifically aimed at this segment of devices. This is why ASUS made their own Xandros derivative, which, while not having licensing costs, did involve research and development time. It is not hard to imagine that a future Eee, particularly if it is based on the Atom processor, would also ship with Ubuntu’s targeted operating system especially because it too aims to eke the best result out of the Atom processor.

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Just googled for "WP-S1 Mobile Modem" and only got 12 results ! I guess you'll now get thirteen !

Here are some of the best

• http://davestevens.co.uk/blog/2008/01/03/3-skype-phone-as-bluetooth-modem-on-ubuntu-linux/
  
• http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/how-the-skypephone-pays-for-itself.html
  
• http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=102708
• http://software.informer.com/

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Here's a good example why I don't blog on NING (apart from their comment wall spaming system). To blog a single story about about Ed/X/Ubuntu I'd have to login / logout to / from each and every one of these NING networks/groups separately then cut & paste the same story nine times to each of these NING networks/groups !

• http://gbubuntu.ning.com/
• http://allaboutubuntu.ning.com/
• http://ubuntupeople.ning.com/
• http://clububuntu.ning.com/
• http://cambubuntu.ning.com/
• http://virtualone.ning.com/
• http://tuxhome.ning.com/
• http://xubuntupals.ning.com/
• http://thetcc.ning.com/

Sorry NING but I would like some spare time to a have a first life !

Whoever created VOX single/two click cross network/group posting is a genius ! It's only taken me twelve clicks to cross post this to six VOX networks/groups !

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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Gobuntu

The new "Free software only" installation option in the normal Ubuntu (press F6 in the boot menu twice) basically achieves what Gobuntu is aiming for, as long as the general goal of having "clean" main and universe repositories is fulfilled (which is goal of the Ubuntu as a whole).

Given that many goals Gobuntu has are goals of Ubuntu in general also, and the fact that gNewSense is anyway doing the work that can also benefit Ubuntu (knowledge of problematic packages), the mission of Gobuntu is a bit up in the air.

Mark Shuttleworth on Rethinking Gobuntu

The "current and future" thread on this list has got me thinking. 
Perhaps we really are on the wrong track, that the only way to meet the 
needs of the gNewSense folks is to have completely different source 
packages to Ubuntu. If that is the case, then I think it would be better 
to channel the energy from Gobuntu into gNewSense.

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Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional.

Ubuntu Studio provides a suite of the best open-source applications available for multimedia creation. Completely free to use, modify and redistribute. Your only limitation is your imagination !

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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions are now available !

If you want to run Ubuntu VM guests you might be very interested in Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS or if you want a lightweight Ubuntu for old low spec hardware (ie PII with 256M of RAM) you could try Xubuntu !

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TESCO Intel Celeron £140 Ubuntu PC

TESCO AMD Athlon £190 Ubuntu PC

As well as Ubuntu these PCs also include http://www.openoffice.org/

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gobuntu 7.10 ubuntu fsf gnu/linux

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DOWNLOAD
firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz
install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin

INSTALL FIREFOX
# cd /opt
# tar zxvf ~/firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz

INSTALL FLASH PLUGIN
# cd /
# tar zxvf ~/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
# cd install_flash_player_9_linux
# ./flashplayer-installer

INSTALL SUN JAVA
# cd /opt
# cp ~/jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin .
# chmod u+x jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin
# ./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin

INSTALL SUN JAVA PLUGIN
# cd /opt/firefox/plugins/
# ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

VERIFY INSTALLATION
Run Firefox 2 and goto "about:plugins"

Default Plugin
    File name: libnullplugin.so

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
*     All types     .*     No

Shockwave Flash
    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_02-b05
    File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
    Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_02

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-java-vm     Java         Yes
application/x-java-applet     Java         Yes

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NOKIA 6300 USB disk mode does work on Ubuntu 6.06 !


$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0421:04f9 Nokia Mobile Phones


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